The Iconfactory is happy to announce the release of this week’s freeware icon collection from icon artist Anthony Piraino – Take A Hike. This fun and colorful icon collection is a perfect companion for those who enjoy camping and hiking in the great outdoors. Even if you are only an “armchair” mountaineer, swing on over and get geared up for a memorable desktop adventure. Take a Hike is available as Macintosh or Windows based icons or as a handy Pixadex iContainer. Enjoy!
The Breakroom
Pixadex Updated to 1.5.1
March 25, 2004
The fine folks at Panic have incorporated some important improvements to Pixadex bringing the current version to 1.5.1. Drag and drop arranging is now much more responsive, the application can now recognize and import older iControl packs and several important bugs have been corrected. For the complete skinny on this latest version as well as to download the update, hop on over to the Pixadex homepage. This update is free to registered users and is available today for $18.95.
Another Way To Support Our Efforts
March 15, 2004
Although its been possible to purchase Iconfactory software and merchandise with PayPal for quite some time, we’re making it easier to purchase IF goods via the service. Our Chief Typist is pleased to announce that each of the factory’s “Buy it!” pages now have direct links to purchase our software and merchandise using the convenient PayPal system. So if you don’t like using your credit card to make online purchases, have no fear, PayPal is finally here.
A Official Pixelpalooza Prizes Announced
March 12, 2004
We’re pleased to announce that thanks to the generous donations of this year’s sponsors, the official prize list for our annual icon design contest, Pixelpalooza, has now been posted. Time is running out to enter in any one of the three contest categories, and with prizes packages this cool, the competition is bound to heat up. If you’ve been thinking of entering Pixelpalooza 2004, now is the time to get cooking!
Announcing Pixadex 1.5
March 8, 2004
Panic and The Iconfactory, are pleased to announce the release of Pixadex 1.5 for Mac OS X. This new version of Pixadex offers over 25 new features as well as many other improvements, several of which have been requested by fans since its release. Here are just some of the notable new features and improvements which the 1.5 version now includes:
- Arrange icons in collections manually or by various attributes
- User specified locations for Pixadex’s icon library.
- Import, store, search and re-export any Windows based .ico icon files
- Pixadex can now customize individual volume (HD) icons
- Many, many others!
For a complete list of what’s new as well as to download this latest version, be sure to head on over to the Pixadex homepage. If you love icons, we think you’ll be very pleased with everything Pixadex 1.5 has to offer. Pixadex 1.5 is a free upgrade for registered users and is available today for $18.95.
A New CandyBar to Unwrap!
March 5, 2004
Panic and The Iconfactory are pleased to announce the immediate release of the latest version of our popular system icon utility – CandyBar. This latest version contains several important updates including full qualification for the next Mac OS X release – 10.3.3 as well as a bug fix that prevented reverting to default icons on unqualified system versions. Lastly, this version adds drag and drop support for the impending release of Pixadex 1.5. Yep, that’s right folks! Stay tuned, cause we think you’re going to be pleased. CandyBar 1.6.3 is a free upgrade and we recommend everyone who uses the utility, download and install this update. CandyBar is shareware and is available for purchase for $12.95.